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Ensure Success in Your Next SAP Audit with Standard Audit Features

Reading time: 6 mins

Conduct technical assurance audits using robust features within your existing SAP ERP implementation. Discover undocumented tips for leveraging key reports and controls to gain transparency and the necessary evidence trail to perform rigorous system and business process audits. Key Concept SAP’s standard and improved role-based audit approach makes auditors lives easier and relieves them from...…
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SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation: How to Effectively Secure Dimensions within a Hierarchy

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Member access profiles in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation are a fairly straightforward concept, but it can get tricky when you are assigning read, write, or denied access to individual members in a node and a parent within a hierarchy. Discover some tips to keep in mind while securing hierarchical dimensions. Key Concept Member access...…
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Lessons Learned from BW for HR Implementations

Reading time: 12 mins

Factors that ensure a successful BW for HR implementation include good use of business content, a clear understanding of HR reporting needs, and a stable HR configuration. Key Concept An InfoCube is a central data repository for data elements specific to HR functional areas. You can use this combination of data elements to slice and...…
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Two Methods to Access OM Data Quickly and Easily

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Learn about the two most popular ways to access Organizational Management data and discover when to use each method. Key Concept Two approaches are common with the retrieval process of most SAP information. The first is to access the data via a standard logical database. The other approach is based on using function modules along...…
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Scrum’s the Word: How Endeca Mastered an SAP Implementation in Just 22 Weeks

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ManagementThe project team responsible for implementing a new SAP ERP system at Endeca Technologies knew what it was getting into. Several team members had worked with SAP systems at prior jobs, and knew that the pain associated with a badly executed implementation could be severe. By using a novel approach to project management and ongoing...…
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Access Loan Data with Ease

Reading time: 18 mins

Reading the balance for loans kept in infotype 0045 may be confusing for developers and consultants. This is because loan balances are not stored in the same manner as other fields of infotype 0045. Learn about the loan data storage architecture and the code used to access loan balances to clear up the confusion and...…
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Ask the HR Expert: Use a Custom Program to Run Your Process Model on a Repeating Schedule

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You can create your own program if you want to automate the running of your process models. Key Concept Dear HR Expert, I read your article in the January 2005 issue of HR Expert regarding automating payroll postings with a process model, and I liked it very much. How do you set up a process...…
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Keep Master Data Consistent with Configuration When You Make Annual Design Changes to Your Benefit Plan

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Around this time each year, benefits directors begin dropping some current benefits and adding new ones. SAP Consultant Clay Molinari explains how to use standard R/3 function modules to deal with this annual dilemma. In a smaller organization, these changes can be done manually, but they must be automated for a larger company. He’ll show...…
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Create a “Plug-and-Play” Standardized Data Change Detector

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The structure/data comparison process (also referred to as change validation or difference checking) is often an important requirement for many HR interfaces and audit reports. These reports are usually required to check current and previous data values to help minimize the amount of data being manipulated, transferred, or exported. This in turn reduces overall interface...…
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Execute the FERC Reporting Process with SAP BPC

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Learn about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reporting process and its importance to the utilities industry. See how to develop and implement the FERC calculation and reporting process using SAP Business Planning and Consolidation. Key Concept The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales,...…